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SynthesisMedicine2016

Promoter hypermethylation of Wnt inhibitory factor-1 in patients with lung cancer: A systematic meta-analysis.

Yu Zheng, Xia Li, Yiming Jiang, Yufen Xu, Binbin Song, Qiang Zhou, Xiaodong Liang, Xinmei Yang

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Synthesis in Medicine, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7citing papers in PubMed
2.1field-weighted citation impact, top 12% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

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7 citing papers in PubMed, 15 citations in OpenAlex.

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  6. An Eye on the Wnt Inhibitory Factor Wif1.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2018
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Yu ZhengDepartment of Medical Oncology, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou Department of Oncology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Jiaxing University Department of Radiotherapy, People's Hospital of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou, China.
Xia Li
Yiming Jiang
Yufen Xu
Binbin Song
Qiang Zhou
Xiaodong Liang
Xinmei Yang
Jiaxing University · CNFirst Hospital of Jiaxing · CNSir Run Run Shaw Hospital · CN

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundPromoter hypermethylation of Wnt inhibitory factor-1 (WIF-1)-a tumor suppressor gene-has been detected in several types of human tumors. However, the association between WIF-1 promoter hypermethylation and lung cancer remains to be elucidated. Therefore, we conducted this study to evaluate the clinical significance of WIF-1 promoter hypermethylation in lung cancer.

methodsA comprehensive literature search was conducted to obtain eligible studies. The combined odds ratios (ORs) or hazard ratios and 95% confidence intervals were used to estimate the strength of associations.

resultsA total of 8 eligible publications with 626 cases and 512 controls were included in our study. The combined ORs revealed that WIF-1 promoter hypermethylation was significantly higher in lung cancer than in controls (OR 10.53, P < 0.001). Moreover, WIF-1 promoter hypermethylation was significantly associated with smoking behavior (OR 1.88, P = 0.002). No significant correlation was found between WIF-1 promoter hypermethylation and sex status, age status, tumor stage, and pathological types in cancer. Multivariate analysis results indicated the absence of correlation between WIF-1 promoter hypermethylation and with relapse-free survival and overall survival. Subgroup analysis by sample type demonstrated that promoter hypermethylation of WIF-1 was significantly associated with an increased risk of lung cancer in the tissue (OR 7.89, P < 0.001), blood (OR 21.83, P = 0.034), and pleural effusion subgroups (OR 157.43, P = 0.001).

conclusionsPromoter hypermethylation of WIF-1 may play a crucial role in lung cancer carcinogenesis. It may be a noninvasive biomarker using blood or pleural effusion detection. WIF-1 promoter hypermethylation is correlated with smoking behavior, but not with sex status, age status, tumor stage, pathological types, and the prognosis of lung cancer patients in terms of relapse-free survival and overall survival. More investigations, including a larger number of subjects, are required to further confirm the findings of our analysis.

Indexed as

Promoter Regions, GeneticAdaptor Proteins, Signal TransducingCarcinoma, Non-Small-Cell LungDNA MethylationFemaleGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticGenetic Predisposition to DiseaseHumansLung NeoplasmsMalePrognosisRepressor ProteinsSmall Cell Lung CarcinomaWnt1 ProteinAdaptor Proteins, Signal TransducingRepressor ProteinsWIF1 protein, humanWnt1 ProteinWNT1 protein, human

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PMID27930522
PMCPMC5265994
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